GENERAL KNOWLEDGE #60
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Who
first identified electron?
(a) J. Kepler
(b) J. J. Thompson
(c) D. Rutherford
(d) James Chadwick
Answer:
(b)
2. Who
made the first attempt in printing in England?
(a) William Caxton
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer
(c) Lorenz Kellner
(d) Charles Knight
Answer:
(a)
3. Who
was the first foreigner to receive Bharat Ratna Award?
(a) Nelson Mandela
(b) Mother Teresa
(c) Abdul Ghaffar Khan
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(d)
4. When
did the first General Election in India take place?
(a) 1948
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1952
Answer:
(d)
5. Which
was India’s first indigenously built missile boat?
(a) INS Vibhuti
(b) INS Savitri
(c) INS Vikrant
(d) INS Vipul
Answer:
(a)
6. When
was the first launch of the missile ‘Trishul’ made?
(a) August, 2000
(b) July, 1998
(c) September, 1995
(d) January, 1996
Answer:
(c)
7. The
energy of food is measured in which of the following?
(a) Kelvin
(b) Calories
(c) Bushel
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)
8. Which
of the following are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security
Council?
(a) USA, UK, Russia, France, China
(b) India, China, Russia, USA, Sweden
(c) Belgium, USA, Canada, Russia, France
(d) India, USA, Israel, Russia, France
Answer:
(a)
9. The
frequency of which of the following is the highest?
(a) Radio waves
(b) Light waves
(c) Gamma rays
(d) Micro waves
Answer:
(c)
10. Which
of the following award was insituted to honour outstanding agricultural
scientists?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji Award
(b) Arjuna Award
(c) Borlaug Award
(d) Bhatnagar Award
Answer:
(c)
11. Who
was the first woman to climb Mount Everest?
(a) Junko Tabei
(b) Bachendri Pal
(c) Valentina Tereshkova
(d) Yasuko Namba
Answer:
(a)
12. Who
was the first Indian and Asian to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics?
(a) C.V. Raman
(b) Mother Teresa
(c) S. Chandrasekhar
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
(a)
13. Who
received the first Dada Sahed Phalke Award in 1969?
(a) Kanan Devi
(b) Rajesh Khanna
(c) Dilip Kumar
(d) Devika Rani
Answer:
(d)
14. Who
was the first lady Prime Minister of a country?
(a) Indira Gandhi (India)
(b) Golda Meir (Israel)
(c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike (Sri Lanka)
(d) Margaret Thatcher (United Kingdom)
Answer:
(c)
15. Which
dance in Himachal Pradesh is performed indoor, solo or duet, especially when
life comes to a standstill during cold winter?
(a) Giddha parhaun
(b) Bihu
(c) Rouf
(d) Luddi
Answer:
(a)
16. Where
were the first Asian Games held in 1951?
(a) Tokyo, Japan
(b) Beijing, China
(c) Jakarta, Indonesia
(d) New Delhi, India
Answer:
(d)
17. Who
was the fisrt Indian actress to have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha?
(a) Hema Malini
(b) Jaya Bachchan
(c) Nargis Dutt
(d) Jaya Prada
Answer:
(c)
18. Where
was the first Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) conference held?
(a) Belgrade, Yugoslavia
(b) Lusaka, Zambia
(c) Cape Town, South Africa
(d) Caire, Egypt
Answer:
(a)
19. Who
was the first recipient of Bharat Ratna Award in 1954?
(a) C. Rajagopalachari
(b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(c) C. V. Raman
(d) All of the above
Answer:
(d)
20. Who
developed the polio vaccine?
(a) Louis Pasteur
(b) Maurice Hilleman
(c) Alexander Fleming
(d) Jonas Salk
Answer:
(d)
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